220 episodes
Ride the Omnibus Ariel Baska
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5.0 • 23 Ratings
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Each week, we discuss social justice through the lens of pop culture, taking you on a journey to places and times you never knew were connected. Give your ears a treat, and your eyes a new perspective. Warning: All discussions can contain spoilers for featured content.
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Nina Is an Athlete
In this episode, Ariel speaks with Paralympian athlete Nina Gorodetsky, and filmmaker Ravit Markus, about this remarkable film about motherhood, ableism, and badminton.
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Disabled AF
This week marks the 11th year of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, and Ariel's first year participating as a producer. Ariel speaks with Cashmere Jasmine, the writer, director, and star of Disabled AF, and Benjamin Shearn, the editor. Watch the film before you listen, here --> Disabled AF
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unseen
Ariel sits down with director Set Hernandez, to discuss his masterful debut, a feature documentary about Pedro, a blind undocumented immigrant, working to become a social worker.
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Eternal Spring
Ariel sits down with multi-disciplinary filmmaker Jason Loftus to talk about Eternal Spring, a documentary and interactive immersive experience about the persecution of Chinese practitioners of Falun Gong.
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Femme
Ariel sits down with directors Ng Choon Ping and Sam Freeman to talk about their queer neo-noir revenge thriller, FEMME.
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DOSH
Ariel sits down with filmmaker Radha Mehta, to talk about her Slamdance-winning short, DOSH.
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Customer Reviews
Shot in the Arm
Thank you Ariel for making us aware of the documentary about the dangerous intersection of science and misinformation politics. Great job as usual.
Numerous episodes-
Ariel is very knowledgeable and invites guests who are highly relevant to the topics discussed. I have found these dialogues to be intelligent and informative. The breadth of her knowledge and interests is exceptional.
Get on the Bus!
This podcast provides some much needed cinematic & cultural nutrition. Just list to their latest episode on Drácula to hear what I mean. The conversations are rich, warm, inviting, informed, and most importantly, entertaining. Stop reading this review and just click subscribe. You will not regret it.